Devops on Mi&Bee Blog

MiBeeHive: The "Hive" Toolbox I Built for My Studio

Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Coming from an operations background, later transitioning to development, the number of projects I maintain keeps growing. Various middleware, databases, monitoring components… each version upgrade is a manual labor: go to the official site to find the download link, compare version numbers, manually download to the internal network, then distribute to each machine. I used to write a bunch of Shell scripts to periodically pull the latest versions to the LAN — functional but not user-friendly: scripts scattered everywhere, adding new software required writing parsing logic by hand, and there was nothing to check when things went wrong.

Practices and Pitfalls of Dockerizing Enterprise Applications — From Traditional Virtualization to Containerization

Mon, 17 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Introduction (Why Containerize Enterprise Applications)

In the era of cloud computing, the way enterprise applications are deployed and managed is undergoing a profound transformation. While traditional virtualization technology solved the resource isolation problem, it still has many pain points in terms of operational efficiency, resource utilization, and deployment speed. The rise of Docker container technology has provided a brand-new solution for the modernization of enterprise applications.

This article shares our practical experience in the containerization migration of an enterprise email system, including technology selection, infrastructure construction, the full process of migrating from OpenVZ virtualization to Docker, and various issues encountered in production along with their solutions. Through these practical cases, we hope to provide valuable reference for teams that are currently or planning to undertake containerization migration.

MySQL Operations in Practice — From Optimization, Monitoring to Disaster Recovery

Sat, 18 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Introduction

In the operations and maintenance of business systems, MySQL databases serve as core components whose performance stability and data security are critical. Based on years of hands-on operational experience, this article comprehensively shares practical MySQL database operations knowledge — from performance optimization, monitoring systems, Binlog management, and high-availability deployment to disaster recovery. These insights come from real-world cases across multiple production environments, covering the full technology stack from daily tuning to emergency incident response. We hope this provides valuable reference for database administrators and operations engineers alike.